Number 1 in the world?

A good bowling performance from England yesterday, particularly from Broad has put England in a good position where they should not lose and hopefully another good day could see them into a winning position.

This is really shaping up to be a great series. After the collapse of England yesterday in swing friendly conditions, England managed to peg India to just a 67 run lead with a Broad hat trick including a spell of five wickets for no run sparking a collapse.

This game could be over tomorrow but hopefully will go to the fourth day......

Well, it was cloudy there on Friday and Agnew spoke about Kumar swinging the ball both ways.

Are we at cross purposes? No swing yesterday but the ball was swinging on Friday is my understanding.

Totally agree!

Do you reckon that England will get that number 1 spot and how will you feel about that if we do? Also, how does it compare to the ashes?

A bit like today then. You can never write off the magnificent Indian batting line up but I suspect that we are on the verge of going 2-0 up in this series.

A rather strange incident occured today when on the last ball before tea, a diving fielder look to all the world like he had conceded four runs and after running three, Bell and Morgan grounded their bats and walked back towards the Pavilion. However, the ball was then returned and Bell was run out! The Indian captain confirmed he had appealed and a bemused Bell was given out. However, with the ground in uproar, the Indians were asked to reconsider and the appeal was withdrawn and Bell who thought he was in at tea, then out suddenly found himself in again to resume after the interval!

So, a good example of sporting behaviour and I was trying to think of the football equivalent. I think I recalled a case where a side, returning the ball after an injury inadvertedly scored or was it where, or a similar instance where the forward went and scored while everyone was waiting for him to pass it back. The goal stood but on kick off, the other side then stood to one side and let the team score to thus gain parity!

Can anyone recall these happenings or think of a similar example of good sporting behaviour?

Indeed. We've all done the maths on that type of thing. My equivalent, being a few years older than yourself and having sporting memories spread over forty-five years (eg 1966 World Cup Final almost to the day), is even more painful to contemplate. A ten-year-old in 1966 listening to a bloke in his mid-fifties' going on about the White Horse Cup Final? No, that was too recent...